Trading-ticket.



No. 653,805. Patented July I7, I900.,

E. G. HABBELL.

TRADING TICKET. I

(Application led Sept. 30, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT (')Frncla EARLE GOLDXVIRE HARRELL, OF JENNINGS,FLORIDA.

TRADING-TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,805, dated July1'?, 1900. pplication tiled September 30,1899. Serial No. 732,235. @Tomodel-l` To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, EARLE GoLDwIRE HAR- RELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Jennings, in the county of Hamilton and State ofFlorida, have invented a new and useful Trading-Ticket, of which thefollowingis a specification.

This invention relates to trading-tickets; and the object of the same isto provide adevice of this character having one portion arranged toindicate the parties in account with each other, surrounded by a margincontaining front spaces which designate fractional or large sums ofmoney, and to which is attached a promissory note and an order on Wagesof an employee in whose favor the ticket may be made out, and therebyinsuring protection to a dealer in merchandise or a storekeeper forgoods delivered to the' amount of the cash value of the ticket byaffording means for obtaining the indicated money value of the ticketfrom an employer on account of wages that may be due the holder of theticket.

The invention consists of the construction and arrangement of partswhich will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the obverse side of theimproved tradingticket. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the reverse side ofthe ticket in inverted position to present the inscriptions in aneasily-readable manner.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the views.

The ticket comprises two members 1 and 2, which are separable on anintermediate longitudinal line 3. The two members in united conditioncombine the trading-ticket proper and a guarantee as to the payment ofthe face value of the said trading-ticket. The tradingticket properwhich is contained on the meinher 1 embodies a margin 4, which isdivided into a series of punching-spaces 5, having emblems or numeralstherein designating fractional or Whole sums of money. Vithin theconfines of the said margin the obverse side of the ticket is divided bya transverse line G into a column 7 at the left and an identityspace 8to the right. The identity-space 8 contains a date-line 9, matterindicating in what the ticket is payable, to whom, the name of `margin 4by dimes and half-dimes.

the person holding the account, which may be a storekeeper, dealer inmerchandise, or other person, a line 10 for a counter-signature orindorser, and also matter indicating that it is not transferable. In thehead of the column 7a space 11 is divided off by a continuation to theleft of the date-line 9, and therein is matter indicating that theticket is good for all amount unpunched. Below this space 11 is a space12 to receive the number of the ticket, and next below is a space 13 toreceive an imprint or indication by numerals of the face value of theticket. Below the space 13 is a larger space 14, in which is containedmatter indicating in whatmanner and when the ticket is valid and in thepresent instance designating that it Will'be valid only whencountersigned by some responsible person-*am for instance, a reputableemployer. v

In the use of this trading-ticket proper the amount of purchase by theparty in whose favorthe ticket is drawn will be indicated by punchingout the numerals or symbols in the spaces 5, and, as shown, the ticketis represented as having a face value of one dollar, and the fractionsthereof are indicated in the On the reverse side of this trading-ticket,as carried by the member 1, is a memorandum 15, as shown by Fig. 2,whereon to designate the articles purchased and the amounts paid foreach and date of purchase, and at the bottom of said memorandum is anotice-space 15,having matter therein directing that the ticket alwaysbe brought by the holder in order to make a purchase therewith and alsothat nothing is charged.

The guarantee for the payment of the face value of the trading-ticketproper which is carried by the member 2 comprises a promissory note 17on the obverse side of said member and having in addition an upperlefthand-corner space 18 to receive the amount in figures for which thenote is drawn andthe numberof the ticket to which the note pertains. Atthe left-hand end a transverse marginal space 19 is divided off toreceive the name of the party to whom the ticket was issued. On thereverse side of the member 2 a check on wages or salary, as at 20, Fig.2, is drawn and adapted to be partially printed and filled out to suitthe conditions in View of Which the ticket is issued. This check onWages or salary is in the form of an order adapted to be signed by theparty in Whose favor the trading-ticket is drawn and directing hisemployer to pay the amount of the promissory note on the obverse side orthe total or face value of the trading-ticket to the dealer orstorekeeper who issues the ticket.

It Will be observed that the parts are so arranged that thetrading-ticket proper and the memorandum remain together and come intothe possession of the employee or other party in whose favor the ticketis made out.

The device will be especially useful in large factories, mines, or otherestablishments employing a large number of operatives to effectivelycarry on the credit system with dealers in merchandise, storekeepers, orothers in order to obtain for the employees the necessities of life andother articles and will reduce the labor and annoyance arising frompetty accounts and the large number of books usually required to keep arecord of the same. Furthermore, a great convenience is pro vided for anemployee during periods of time between pay-days and also withprotection to the dealer in merchandise, storekeeper, or other personaccepting the ticket in lieu of cash money.

It is not always necessary to use the order on Wages on the back of themember 2, containing the promissory note, or to fill the same out, andthe use of this portion of the device will depend upon the reliabilityof the employee who has the ticket issued in his favor or upon themethod of doing business of the dealer in merchandise or storekeeper. Itwill be understood that the face value of the ticket proper may be madeto represent various amounts; but the total amount will al- Ways beindicated on the face thereof. The fraction of divisions of moneyindicated in the margin 4 Will be varied at Will and in accordance withthe full amount for which the ticket is drawn. When the ticket is madeout in the name of a party and the issue completed, the member l ishanded to said party and the member 2 is retained by the party givingcredit, said member 2 being filled out to snit the demands of thecreditor.

Changes in the form, proportions,and minor details may be resorted toWithout departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new 'is- In atrading-ticket, the combination with a guarantee member or strip havinga promissory note on its obverse side and an authorization on thereverse side to pay the party named in the note the amount for which theticket is drawn, of a trading-ticket member, primarily connected to theguarantee member and separable from the latter, and having on itsobverse side matter indicating a fixed lpurchasing value, a su rroundingdisposition of numerals representing fractional values and adapted to becanceled by punching, andv an inclosed space for the names of parties inaccount with each other, and on the reverse side said trading-tickethaving a tabulated form for dates, articles purchased, and prices paidtherefor to inseparably combine the debit and credit account on onemember, the spaces containing the numerals on the obverse side beingirregular With relation to the tabulated form on the reverse side toavoid total mutilation of the matter on the said reverse side. Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

EARLE GOLDVIRE HARRELL. Witnesses:

R. J. AURIETT, D. M. BUTLER.

